Not ‘Glorious’ – FABULOUS!
This was billed as ‘Freuchie’s Glorious Weekend.’ As it turned out, ‘glorious’ didn’t do it justice. If there’s any truth in the old crack that a Scotsman’s highest praise is “no’ bad,” this was indeed – no’ bad!
One of the main features of Saturday’s Family Fun Day was the official opening of the new Sports Court, even if it’s likely to retain its now unofficial title of ‘the MUGA.’
‘Taster Sessions’ were on offer – was that not supposed to be about sampling the sporting activities rather than scran?
Patrick Laughlin, Chairman of Freuchie Community Council, kicks off the MUGA opening ceremony whilst Dave Christie and Cllr Andrew Arbuckle wait nervously for their parts to come…
Dave Christie cuts the ceremonial ribbon ably assisted by Cllr Andrew Arbuckle and Mr 60 Minutes, whilst every kid in Freuchie enthusiastically crowds around.
Freuchie Cricket Club coaches teach key skills to our youngsters during the Kwik Cricket Taster session.
The activity tents with Freuchie Church as a back drop.
The new Player’s Disciplinary Unit? Or the new dressing rooms?
Just Chillin’ in the Freuchie sunshine
Great crowds, great weather and good fun all round.
Sunday was more about cricket, with a T20 game against Falkland and the official launch of our book “Freuchie Cricket Club, 1908 – 2008.” Events were opened by Sir Menzies Campbell, attention initially divided between the cricket and a ceremonial tree-planting in the school playground to commemorate the thirteen players in the Lord’s squad. No less than nine of them were at the ceremony.
Sir Menzies Campbell opens events on the Sunday
….. but what on earth is Coo looking at?
“And dae ye mind yon time ….?
The closing ceremony with Sir Menzies Campbell, our president Ian Paterson, the irreplaceable Dave Christie and Cricket Scotland president Bob ‘Faff’ McFarlane.
We’re betting this blanket has a story or two to tell…
Like so many days of the kind, it’s hard to do justice to all the people who worked to make this weekend what it was, but we have to mention Helen Lawrenson and her team for much of Saturday’s events, Rachel and Dave Tosh for the catering, our bar staff, the players who ran Saturday’s sports for the kids, Falkland Cricket Club for joining us on the Sunday, Liz Smith MSP, Sir Menzies Campbell MP, our local councillors and Bob McFarlane, Scott McCrone for ‘The Book,’ (all but five of our fifty copies already spoken for) Jock and Black Light for the Lord’s video display – the list just goes on and on. And we finished the day with a win over our old rivals, Falkland. What more could a body ask for!
Over the next few days we’ll be adding more blog posts with even more photos and commentary from the weekend.
Technorati Tags: Freuchie, Freuchie Cricket Club, Cricket Scotland, Falkland Cricket Club, Liz Smith, Menzies Campbell, MUGA, Scott McCrone
Team Selections
The team selection for the 1st and 2nd XI for this coming weekend are shown below.
| COMPETITON | 1st XI League |
| DATE | Sat 18th July 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Falkland Cricket Club |
| VENUE | Falkland Cricket Ground |
- R Birrell (Capt)
- S Birrell
- D Cowan (Snr)
- D Cowan (Jnr)
- S Galloway
- S Gibson
- S Gourlay
- M Jackson
- S Rowley
- A Sutherland
- J Wallace
- Res – n/a
Players meet 11:45am at Freuchie Cricket Club for 1pm start at Falkland Cricket Club.
Any call offs call R Birrell on 07960 568376.
| COMPETITON | 2nd XI League |
| DATE | Sat 18th July 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Penicuik Cricket Club |
| VENUE | Freuchie Cricket Ground |
- S Kennedy (Capt)
- F Black
- G Christie
- K Crichton
- B Forrester
- D Harper
- L Kelly
- J McIntosh
- A Paterson
- R Wright
- To be confirmed
- Res – n/a
Meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 11:15am for 1pm start.
Any call offs call S Kennedy on 07957 585902.
Good luck once again to both teams.
Technorati Tags: cricket, Falkland, Falkland Cricket Club, Falkland Cricket Ground, Freuchie, Freuchie Cricket Club, Penicuik
Captain’s Corner
Unfortunately it was another bad day for us on Saturday losing to Falkland Cricket Club by 38 runs on Duckworth Lewis! A combination of big hitting from Davie Gray and some slack fielding allowed Falkland to score over 200, their overs being reduced to 45 due to rain. Our innings had barely started when the heavens opened and a lengthy break ensued. A break of an hour in play had us thinking that the game was all over but the rain stopped and the skies cleared to allows us to start play again. After all our calculations were done for Duckworth Lewis we were asked to chase 159 from 27 overs, a rather difficult target for most teams, as the required rate was 5.8 runs per over. At the end this was well out of our reach! Falkland’s pro took 5 wickets along the way and their new signing from St Andrew’s Uni took a world class catch to dismiss our highest scorer Scott Gourlay who accumulated 42 runs.
I’d like to thank Jock Wallace for all his hard work during the day and Geoff Maine from Falkland for all his assistance with processing Duckworth Lewis on the computer. We hope to do better against SMRH this weekend but there is a change to the team due to myself and brother Scott attending our sister Katie’s wedding.
I’d like to congratulate the 2nd XI on their resounding victory against Penicuik Cricket Club on Saturday, especially Jamie McIntosh who took 6 wickets and Gregor Morris making over 40 runs on his debut! Unfortunately on Sunday they were pipped at the post in the President’s Cup game against Watsonian Cricket Club. Special mention must go to Kenny Crichton who took a hat trick as well as Shane Kennedy who scored 84 not out and played a Captain’s innings. Thanks to Blair Laurie, Chris Hunt and Jamie Blair who stepped in at the last minute due to call offs, and made a very good impression.
Resources
Technorati Tags: cricket, Falkland Cricket Club, Freuchie Cricket Club, Penicuik Cricket Club, SMRH, Stewarts Melville Royal High
Seniors Team Selection
The team selection for the 1st and 2nd XI for this coming weekend are shown below.
| COMPETITON | 1st XI League |
| DATE | Sat 16th May 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Falkland Cricket Club |
| VENUE | Freuchie Cricket Ground |
- R Birrell (Capt)
- D Cowan
- S Gourlay
- S Galloway
- S Birrell
- M Jackson
- S Rowley
- A Sutherland
- J Wallace
- K Crichton
- D Harper
- Res – n/a
Meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 11:30am.
Any call offs call R Birrell on 07960 568376.
| COMPETITON | 2nd XI League |
| DATE | Sat 16th May 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Penicuik Cricket Club |
| VENUE | Penucuik |
- S Kennedy (Capt)
- A Leckie
- A Duncan
- R Wright
- D Cowan (Jnr)
- J McIntosh
- G Christie
- G Morris
- K Glen
- M Brown
- S Munro
- Res – n/a
Meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 11:00am for 1pm start at Penicuik.
Any call offs call S Kennedy on 07957 585902.
| COMPETITON | 2nd XI President’s Cup |
| DATE | Sun 17th May 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Watsonian Cricket Club |
| VENUE | Myreside, Edinburgh |
- S Kennedy (Capt)
- A Leckie
- A Duncan
- R Wright
- D Cowan (Jnr)
- J McIntosh
- G Christie
- G Morris
- G Mutch
- M Brown
- S Munro
- Res – n/a
Meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 11:15am for 1pm start at Myreside.
Any call offs call S Kennedy on 07957 585902.
Good luck to both teams this weekend, especially the 1st XI playing our local rivals.
Technorati Tags: cricket, Falkland, Falkland Cricket Club, Freuchie, Freuchie Cricket Club, Myreside, Penicuik, Penicuik Cricket Club, President’s Cup, Watsonian Cricket Club
Captain’s Corner
Unfortunately after all our hard work at training through the week we were beaten by the weather on Saturday.
This week we welcome our local rivals, Falkland, to Freuchie after a 2 year absence. I’m sure it will be a very competitive game, but all rivalries will be put aside after the game so we can enjoy a few beers together. We look forward to a big crowd attendance for this derby match.
I’d like to welcome Gregor Morris to the club, Gregor hails from St Andrews and has just finished a gap year playing cricket in Australia. He will make his debut for the 2nd XI on Saturday at Penicuik.
The club is sure to be busy on Saturday night as there is a Race Night and Freuchie Football Club is having their end of season drink. Anyone wishing to attend the Race Night is very welcome to come along and join in.
Technorati Tags: Falkland, Falkland Cricket Club, Freuchie, Freuchie Cricket Club, Freuchie Football Club, Gregor Morris, Penicuik Cricket Club, St Andrews
Juniors Team Selection
Three matches over the coming days for the juniors. The fixture information and team selections are listed below.
| COMPETITON | U11s League |
| DATE | Sun 3rd May 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Largo Cricket Club |
| VENUE | Freuchie Cricket Ground |
- Jack Gourley
- Callum Guiney
- Greig Birrell
- Finlay Haig
- Ryan Grant
- Ashleigh Houston
- Sarah Paterson
- Cory Bridgeford
- Taylor Cox
Meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 9:30am.
Any call offs please contact Neil Millar 07860 864850 or 01337 858232.
| COMPETITON | U13s Scottish Cup |
| DATE | Tue 5th May 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Dunfermline Cricket Club |
| VENUE | Freuchie Cricket Ground |
- Ross McMurdo
- Grant Horsburgh
- Greig Birrell
- Euan Muir
- Chris Hunt
- Jack Tuft
- Holly Jones
- Joe Middleton
- Calum Guiney
- Cory Bridgeford
- Jack Gourley
- Ryan Grant
Meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 5:30pm.
Any call offs please contact Neil Millar 07860 864850 or 01337 858232.
| COMPETITON | U15s Scottish Cup |
| DATE | Thu 7th May 2009 |
| FIXTURE | Falkland Cricket Club |
| VENUE | Falkland Cricket Ground |
- Andrew Mackie
- Grant Horsburgh
- Greig Birrell
- Cameron Millar
- Chris Hunt
- Blair Lawrie
- Holly Jones
- Joe Middleton
- Rory Brown
- Liam Kelly
- Shane Munro
- Lewis Pour
Meet at Freuchie Cricket Club at 5:30pm.
Any call offs please contact Neil Millar 07860 864850 or 01337 858232.
| JUNIOR MATCH BALL SPONSOR | JUNIOR SHIRT SPONSOR |
 |
 |
Technorati Tags: cricket, Dunfermline, Dunfermline Cricket Club, Fife, Falkland, Falkland Cricket Club, fixtures, Freuchie, Freuchie Cricket Club, juniors, Largo, Largo Cricket Club, Scotland, team selection